Tag-fastener



W. S. MILES. TAG FASTENER.

(No Model.) 7

Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

' UNITED STATES PATE T OFFI E.

WARREN 3. MILES, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

TAG-FASTENER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,856, dated October 20, 1885. Application filed September 7, 1885. Serial No. 176,328. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WARREN S. MILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golumbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tag-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to tag-fasteners; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of the same, which will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

The object of my invention is to so construct a tag-fastener that when it is applied to any article will securely and safely fasten the tag thereto, being readily applied, easily understood, and cheaply manufactured. I attain these objects by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the fastener as it appears in blank and before being used. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a tag with my improved fastener secured thereto. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tag and fastener, the 1atter being looped or secured. Fig. 4 is a plan View of a blank of a modified form of the fastener. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the tag with the modified form of fastener secured thereto. Fig.6 is a side elevation of the tag with the modified form of fastener secured thereto.

A in the drawings represents a blank of suitable flexible material, Fig. 1, which has formed integral therewith lateral ears (1 a, of suitable shape, one on each side near the lower portion of the blank, leaving a short metal strip between the said cars a and the blunt end a of the same. The portion of the blank above the ears on gradually tapers off into a point, a, so that it may be readily inserted in the article to which the tag is desired to be fastened.

In securing the fastener to the tag, as represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the operation will be as follows: The blunt end a. of the blank A is passed through the aperture b of a tag, B, to such a distance as to leave room to throw the ears a a over the upper edge of the tag, when the said blunt end a is bent upon the main body of the blank to form a loop, which secures the blank or fastener to the tag B. The lateral cars, which are now on the lower side, are still left flattened out; but when the point a has been passed through the article to which it is desired to secure the tag, it is bent over to form a loop, and the said point a is bent down to a short distance below the ears or a, when the said ears are bent over on the main body of the fastener and the point a, one over the other, inclosing and securely fastening the same.

As represented in Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawings, a modified form of the fastener is illustrated. In this instance the lateral ears a a are formed at the base of the fastener, the remaining portion of the'blank gradually taperin'g off into a point, a. In securing this form of fastener to the tag B, the point a thereof is inserted through the aperture 6 of the said tag to such a distance as to allow the lateral ears a a on the lower end to be thrown over the tag to form a loop for securing the fastener to the said tag. The cars a a in this instance are on the upper side of the main body of the blank A, and when the point a is pierced through or attached to any article it is bent over to form a loop, and the said point is brought down and inclosed by the two lateral ears or a. These blanks can be stamped out of sheet metal by suitable dies in any preferred manner, and may be arranged in suitable packing cases or boxes for transportation.

By this device a tag can be securely fastened to any article of merchandise, adapting itself to the form and contour of the article to which it is attached.

It is obvious that the clasping-ears can be placed at any point on the blank other than those illustrated and described without in the least departing from the nature and principle of my invention. 7

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A tag-fastener formed of a strip of metal having suitable lateral ears at or near the lower portion thereof, adapted to fold and form a loop above its attachingpoint, and the remaining part of the said fastener gradually tapering off to a point, substantially as described, and for the purposes specified.

2. A tag-fastener formed of a suitable strip having lateral ears (1 a, integralwith the lower halfthereof, a short strip of metal extending below the said ears, having a blunt point, a and a longer strip above the ears terminating in a point, a, all arranged and adapted to serve for the purpose herein specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN S. MILES. Witnesses:

O. M. ROGERS, J. F. Rooms. 

